Nation Archives – Page 6 of 7

7 min

For OFWs, repatriation is no heroes’ welcome

Posted on 28 January 202229 January 2022
byLeo Baltar and Leila Magno

With OFW remittances providing about 10% of the country’s gross domestic product since 2000, government agencies have celebrated them as “modern heroes.” But repatriated OFWs say their return to the country amid the pandemic is far from a heroes’ welcome.

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6 min

[EDITORIAL] For our education system, “normal” is not enough

Posted on 29 December 20215 February 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

To the Filipino students who will cap off the year still under distance learning, reverting to the “normal” setup won’t be enough. The return to schools in 2022 must be safe, genuine and free from tyranny.

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5 min

Distanced from learning: Students drop out of school to survive

Posted on 15 December 202121 March 2022
byEliseo Rioja

Online learning became an alternative window for learning, but it closed doors for students who also deserve education. For student councils, youth organizations and learners themselves, the answer is clear: a safe and genuine return to accessible education.

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6 min

[OPINION] It is darkest behind the camera’s flash

Posted on 29 November 20213 December 2021
byGuinevere Latoza and Ivy Ferrer

Photojournalism seems like a noble job, but the industry reveals a harsh reality. Behind the eye-catching images lurk questionable assignments and freelance work. As we join our photo subjects’ fight towards freedom from oppression, we must also remain vigilant of the same ills that occupy our ranks.

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3 min

‘Establish climate justice, demand compensation’: Solons file PH green new deal

Posted on 29 November 202113 December 2021
byJason Sigales

If the People’s Green New Deal is approved, the government would move towards sustainable development, strengthen conservation laws and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. It would also bring “accountable polluter countries and corporations” to a United Nations tribunal.

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6 min

[EDITORIAL] Elections, the impunity theater

Posted on 23 November 20215 February 2022
byTinig ng Plaridel

Impunity becomes more potent in the elections. Now is not the time to merely chronicle this violent history. Not when our colleagues perish without reason. Not when we’ve seen what the state can do to silence the critical press.

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7 min

“Naglolokohan lang tayo”: Children hurting in loveless marriages

Posted on 3 November 20215 February 2022
byAlison Cruz and Waxee Galang

Children of loveless marriages have long faced torment from their parents’ forced coexistence. But with the divorce bill finally making strides in Congress, they find a glimmer of hope.

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7 min

Mental health services ‘not enough’, suicide count highest in 14 years

Posted on 5 October 20215 February 2022
byKriscel Carandang

An average of 13 people died every day from January to December 2020, latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) show. Despite the soaring number of lives lost to suicide, data point to a huge gap in the country’s available mental health services.

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3 min

Progressive groups condemn ‘trumped-up’ charges against CMC alum

Posted on 4 October 20214 October 2021
bySamantha Salamanca

Human rights group Karapatan said that Bakwit school teacher and CMC alumna Lorena Sigua is experiencing “psychological torture and systematic harassment” under police detainment due to repeated interrogations without the presence of her legal counsel.

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5 min

[EDITORIAL] From one dictator to another: Unearthing each other’s grave

Posted on 30 September 202130 September 2021
byTinig ng Plaridel

One of Ferdinand Marcos’ children is sitting comfortably in the Senate. The other, seeking higher office. His wife, scot-free from multiple counts of graft. Right from the grave, the dictator is rising unstopped.

Who else took him out of his sepulcher but President Duterte himself?

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6 min

As Sept. 30 deadline draws near, voter applicants ‘frustrated’ with registration mishaps

Posted on 20 September 202120 September 2021
byRhenzel Raymond Caling

Even when the Commission on Elections (Comelec) opened mall registration booths to draw more voters as the Sept. 30 deadline draws near, registrants were still met with obstacles in their application process.

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3 min

14K petitioners urge Shopee and Lazada: ‘reveal, reduce and redesign’ packaging

Posted on 10 September 202120 September 2021
byJan Cuyco

As Shopee and Lazada prepared to kick off a massive 9.9 sale, 14,000 individuals dropped a petition to demand urgent waste reduction and a sustainable delivery system to ‘enable a better normal.’